This paper presents new evidence on the distribution of risk attitudes in the population, using a novel set of survey …. We test the behavioral relevance of this survey measure by conducting a complementary field experiment, based on a … representative sample of 450 subjects, and find that the general risk question is a good predictor of actual risk-taking behavior. We …

preferences such as risk preference, and crucial beliefs about the world, such as trust. This paper provides evidence on the three …

Single-sex classes within coeducational environments are likely to modify students' risk-taking attitudes in … economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices …

report about an experiment with 508 participants designed to test whether this fundamental trade-off is actually relevant. In …

This paper tests the insiders’ dilemma hypothesis in a laboratory experiment. The insiders’ dilemma means that a …

candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …

maximization problem of the firm. As a result, monitoring and pay should be complements. In our experiment, between and within …

This paper analyzes the effects of network positions and individual risk attitudes on individuals' strategic decisions … in an experiment where actions are strategic substitutes. The game theoretic basis for our experiment is the model of … factors, such as the number of (direct) neighbors, local clustering and individuals' risk attitudes. …

direction, we have conducted a laboratory experiment with 490 participants. We consider "cooperative" investments that directly …